Tuesday 29 April 2025    (other days)
Saint Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor 
Feast

Using calendar: England. You can pick a diocese or region.

Office of Readings

If you have already recited the Invitatory Psalm today, you should use the alternative opening.
Dómine, lábia mea apéries.
  Et os meum annuntiábit laudem tuam.
Lord, open our lips.
  And we shall praise your name.
Ps 99:1-5

“Redemptos iubet Dominus victoriæ carmen canere” (S. Athanasius).

Regem vírginum Dóminum, veníte, adorémus, allelúia.
Vel: Agnum, quem sequúntur vírgines, veníte, adorémus, allelúia.
(repeat antiphon*)
2Iubiláte Dómino, omnis terra,*
  servíte Dómino in lætítia;
introíte in conspéctu eius*
  in exsultatióne.
3Scitóte quóniam Dóminus ipse est Deus;†
  ipse fecit nos, et ipsíus sumus,*
  pópulus eius et oves páscuæ eius.
  (repeat antiphon*)
4Introíte portas eius in confessióne,†
  átria eius in hymnis,*
  confitémini illi, benedícite nómini eius.
5Quóniam suávis est Dóminus;†
  in ætérnum misericórdia eius,*
  et usque in generatiónem et generatiónem véritas eius.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)
Invitatory PsalmPsalm 99 (100)
The Lord is the king of virgins: come, let us adore him, alleluia.
(repeat antiphon*)
Rejoice in the Lord, all the earth,
  and serve him with joy.
Exult as you enter his presence.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Know that the Lord is God.
He made us and we are his
  – his people, the sheep of his flock.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Cry out his praises as you enter his gates,
  fill his courtyards with songs.
Proclaim him and bless his name;
  for the Lord is our delight.
His mercy lasts for ever,
  his faithfulness through all the ages.
  (repeat antiphon*)
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
(repeat antiphon*)

* If you are reciting this on your own, you can choose to say the antiphon once only at the start of the psalm and not repeat it.

Hymnus
Virgo prudéntum comitáta cœtum
óbviam sponso véniens paráta,
noctis horréndæ rémovet ténebras
lámpade pura.
Ille fulgéntem nítidis lapíllis
ánulum miri tríbuit decóris
vírgini dicens: «Tibi trado sancti
pignus amóris».
Mota flagrántis stímulo calóris
mentis excéssu rápitur frequénti,
fixa dum portat Catharína membris
vúlnera Christi.
Unde ter felix quater et beáta
in sinu sponsi requiévit almi,
inter illústres ánimas reláta
lux nova cæli.
Sit Deus cæli résidens in arce,
trinus et simplex benedíctus ille,
qui potens totum stábili gubérnat
órdine mundum. Amen.
Hymn
Love’s redeeming work is done,
fought the fight, the battle won.
Lo, our Sun’s eclipse is o’er!
Lo, he sets in blood no more!
Vain the stone, the watch, the seal!
Christ has burst the gates of hell;
death in vain forbids him rise;
Christ has opened paradise.
Lives again our victor King;
where, O death, is now thy sting?
Dying once, he all doth save;
where thy victory, O grave?
Soar we now where Christ has led,
following our exalted Head;
made like him, like him we rise,
ours the cross, the grave, the skies.
Hail the Lord of earth and heaven!
Praise to thee by both be given:
thee we greet triumphant now;
hail, the Resurrection thou!

Ps 18:2-7
Laus Domini rerum conditoris

“Visitavit nos Oriens ex alto... ad dirigendos pedes nostros in viam pacis” (Lc 1, 78. 79).

Virgo spléndida, prudens, clara consílio, sponsum ánimæ tuæ Verbum habes immaculátum, allelúia.
2Cæli enárrant glóriam Dei, *
  et ópera mánuum eius annúntiat firmaméntum.
3Dies diéi erúctat verbum, *
  et nox nocti índicat sciéntiam.
4Non sunt loquélæ neque sermónes, *
  quorum non intellegántur voces:
5in omnem terram exívit sonus eórum, *
  et in fines orbis terræ verba eórum.
6Soli pósuit tabernáculum in eis, †
  et ipse tamquam sponsus procédens de thálamo suo, *
  exsultávit ut gigas ad curréndam viam.
7A fínibus cælórum egréssio eius, †
  et occúrsus eius usque ad fines eórum, *
  nec est quod se abscóndat a calóre eius.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Virgo spléndida, prudens, clara consílio, sponsum ánimæ tuæ Verbum habes immaculátum, allelúia.

Psalm 18 (19)
Praise of God the creator

Pure virgin, prudent and wise: the Word himself will be the immaculate spouse of your soul, alleluia.
The skies tell the story of the glory of God,
  the firmament proclaims the work of his hands;
day pours out the news to day,
  night passes to night the knowledge.
Not a speech, not a word,
  not a voice goes unheard.
Their sound is spread throughout the earth,
  their message to all the corners of the world.
At the ends of the earth he has set up
  a dwelling place for the sun.
Like a bridegroom leaving his chamber,
  it rejoices like an athlete at the race to be run.
It appears at the edge of the sky,
  runs its course to the sky’s furthest edge.
Nothing can hide from its heat.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
Pure virgin, prudent and wise: the Word himself will be the immaculate spouse of your soul, alleluia.

How to listen

Ps 44:2-10
Regis nuptiæ

“Ecce Sponsus venit; exite obviam ei” (Mt 25, 6).

Regnum mundi et omne sǽculum contémpsi propter amórem Dómini mei Iesu Christi, allelúia.
2Eructávit cor meum verbum bonum, †
  dico ego ópera mea regi. *
  Lingua mea cálamus scribæ velóciter scribéntis.
3Speciósus forma es præ fíliis hóminum, †
  diffúsa est grátia in lábiis tuis, *
  proptérea benedíxit te Deus in ætérnum.
4Accíngere gládio tuo super femur tuum, potentíssime; *
  magnificéntia tua et ornátu tuo.
5Et ornátu tuo procéde, currum ascénde*
  propter veritátem et mansuetúdinem et iustítiam.
Et dóceat te mirabília déxtera tua:†
  6sagíttæ tuæ acútæ – pópuli sub te cadent – *
  in corda inimicórum regis.
7Sedes tua, Deus, in sǽculum sǽculi; *
  sceptrum æquitátis sceptrum regni tui.
8Dilexísti iustítiam et odísti iniquitátem, †
  proptérea unxit te Deus, Deus tuus, *
  óleo lætítiæ præ consórtibus tuis.
9Myrrha et áloe et cásia ómnia vestiménta tua, *
  e dómibus ebúrneis chordæ deléctant te.
10Fíliæ regum in pretiósis tuis; *
  ástitit regína a dextris tuis ornáta auro ex Ophir.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Regnum mundi et omne sǽculum contémpsi propter amórem Dómini mei Iesu Christi, allelúia.

Psalm 44 (45)
The wedding of the King

I counted as nothing the kingdoms of the earth and all the world, for love of my Lord, Jesus Christ. Alleluia.
My heart cries out on a joyful theme:
  I will tell my poem to the king,
  my tongue like the pen of the swiftest scribe.
You have been given more than human beauty,
  and grace is poured out upon your lips,
  so that God has blessed you for ever.
Strap your sword to your side, mighty one,
  in all your greatness and splendour.
In your splendour go forth, mount your chariot,
  on behalf of truth, kindness and justice.
Let your right hand show your marvels,
  let your arrows be sharp against the hearts of the king’s enemies
  – the peoples will fall before you.
Your throne is firm, O God, from age to age,
  your royal sceptre is a sceptre of justice.
You love uprightness, hate injustice
  – for God, your God has anointed you
  with the oil of gladness, above all your companions.
Myrrh and aloes and cassia anoint your garments.
From ivory palaces the sound of harps delights you.
In your retinue go the daughters of kings.
At your right hand, the queen is adorned with gold of Ophir.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
I counted as nothing the kingdoms of the earth and all the world, for love of my Lord, Jesus Christ. Alleluia.

Ps 44:11-18

Concupívit Rex spéciem tuam, quia ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, allelúia.
11Audi, fília, et vide, †
  et inclína aurem tuam, *
  et oblivíscere pópulum tuum et domum patris tui;
12et concupíscet rex spéciem tuam. *
  Quóniam ipse est dóminus tuus, et adóra eum.
13Fília Tyri cum munéribus; *
  vultum tuum deprecabúntur dívites plebis.
14Gloriósa nimis fília regis intrínsecus, *
  textúris áureis circumamícta.
15In véstibus variegátis adducétur regi; *
  vírgines post eam, próximæ eius, afferúntur tibi.
16Afferúntur in lætítia et exsultatióne, *
  adducúntur in domum regis.
17Pro pátribus tuis erunt tibi fílii; *
  constítues eos príncipes super omnem terram.
18Memor ero nóminis tui *
  in omni generatióne et generatióne;
proptérea pópuli confitebúntur tibi *
  in ætérnum et in sǽculum sǽculi.
Glória Patri et Fílio*
  et Spirítui Sancto.
Sicut erat in princípio et nunc et semper*
  et in sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Concupívit Rex spéciem tuam, quia ipse est Dóminus Deus tuus, allelúia.

Psalm 44 (45)
The King's bride

The king has desired your beauty; he is the Lord, your God, alleluia.
Listen, my daughter, and understand;
  turn your ears to what I have to say.
Forget your people, forget your father’s house,
  and the king will desire you for your beauty.
  He is your lord, so worship him.
The daughters of Tyre will bring you gifts;
  the richest of your subjects will beg you to look on them.
How great is the king’s daughter, within the palace!
  She is clothed in woven gold.
She will be taken to the king in coloured garments,
  her maidens will escort her to your presence.
In gladness and rejoicing they are brought
  and led to the house of the king.
Instead of your fathers you will have sons:
  you will make them rulers over all the world.
I will remember your name
  from generation to generation.
And so your people will do you honour
  for ever and for ever.
Glory be to the Father and to the Son
  and to the Holy Spirit,
as it was in the beginning,
  is now, and ever shall be,
  world without end.
Amen.
The king has desired your beauty; he is the Lord, your God, alleluia.
℣. Notas mihi fecísti vias vitæ, allelúia.
℟. Adimplébis me lætítia cum vultu tuo, allelúia.
℣. You have shown me the path of life, alleluia,
℟. The fullness of joy in your presence, alleluia.
Lectio prior
De Epístola prima beáti Pauli apóstoli ad Corínthios 7, 25-40

Virginitas christiana

Fratres: 25De virgínibus præcéptum Dómini non hábeo, consílium autem do, tamquam misericórdiam consecútus a Dómino ut sim fidélis. 26Exístimo ergo hoc bonum esse propter instántem necessitátem, quóniam bonum est hómini sic esse. 27Alligátus es uxóri? Noli quǽrere solutiónem. Solútus es ab uxóre? Noli quǽrere uxórem. 28Si autem accéperis uxórem, non peccásti; et si núpserit virgo, non peccávit. Tribulatiónem tamen carnis habébunt huiúsmodi, ego autem vobis parco. 29Hoc ítaque dico, fratres, tempus breviátum est; réliquum est, ut et qui habent uxóres, tamquam non habéntes sint, 30et qui flent, tamquam non flentes, et qui gaudent, tamquam non gaudéntes; et qui emunt, tamquam non possidéntes, 31et qui utúntur hoc mundo, tamquam non abuténtes; prǽterit enim figúra huius mundi. 32Volo autem vos sine sollicitúdine esse. Qui sine uxóre est, sollícitus est, quæ Dómini sunt, quómodo pláceat Dómino; 33qui autem cum uxóre est, sollícitus est, quæ sunt mundi, quómodo pláceat uxóri, 34et divísus est. Et múlier innúpta et virgo cógitat, quæ Dómini sunt, ut sit sancta et córpore et spíritu; quæ autem nupta est, cógitat, quæ sunt mundi, quómodo pláceat viro. 35Porro hoc ad utilitátem vestram dico, non ut láqueum vobis iníciam, sed ad id quod honéstum est et ut assídue cum Dómino sitis sine distractióne.
  36Si quis autem turpem se vidéri exístimat super vírgine sua quod sit superadúlta, et ita opórtet fíeri, quod vult, fáciat; non peccat: nubant. 37Qui autem státuit in corde suo firmus, non habens necessitátem, potestátem autem habet suæ voluntátis, et hoc iudicávit in corde suo serváre vírginem suam, bene fáciet; 38ígitur et qui matrimónio iungit vírginem suam, bene facit, et qui non iungit, mélius fáciet.
  39Múlier alligáta est, quanto témpore vir eius vivit; quod si dormíerit vir eius, líbera est, cui vult núbere, tantum in Dómino. 40Beátior autem erit, si sic permánserit secúndum meum consílium; puto autem quod et ego Spíritum Dei hábeo.
First Reading
1 Corinthians 7:25-40

Concerning virginity and matrimony

About remaining celibate, I have no directions from the Lord but give my own opinion as one who, by the Lord’s mercy, has stayed faithful. Well then, I believe that in these present times of stress this is right: that it is good for a man to stay as he is. If you are tied to a wife, do not look for freedom; if you are free of a wife, then do not look for one. But if you marry, it is no sin, and it is not a sin for a young girl to get married. They will have their troubles, though, in their married life, and I should like to spare you that.
  Brothers, this is what I mean: our time is growing short. Those who have wives should live as though they had none, and those who mourn should live as though they had nothing to mourn for; those who are enjoying life should live as though there were nothing to laugh about; those whose life is buying things should live as though they had nothing of their own; and those who have to deal with the world should not become engrossed in it. I say this because the world as we know it is passing away.
  I would like to see you free from all worry. An unmarried man can devote himself to the Lord’s affairs, all he need worry about is pleasing the Lord; but a married man has to bother about the world’s affairs and devote himself to pleasing his wife: he is torn two ways. In the same way an unmarried woman, like a young girl, can devote herself to the Lord’s affairs; all she need worry about is being holy in body and spirit. The married woman, on the other hand, has to worry about the world’s affairs and devote herself to pleasing her husband. I say this only to help you, not to put a halter round your necks, but simply to make sure that everything is as it should be, and that you give your undivided attention to the Lord.
  Still, if there is anyone who feels that it would not be fair to his daughter to let her grow too old for marriage, and that he should do something about it, he is free to do as he likes: he is not sinning if there is a marriage. On the other hand, if someone has firmly made his mind up, without any compulsion and in complete freedom of choice, to keep his daughter as she is, he will be doing a good thing. In other words, the man who sees that his daughter is married has done a good thing but the man who keeps his daughter unmarried has done something even better.
  A wife is tied as long as her husband is alive. But if the husband dies, she is free to marry anybody she likes, only it must be in the Lord. She would be happier, in my opinion, if she stayed as she is – and I too have the Spirit of God, I think.
Responsorium
℟. Concupívit Rex spéciem tuam, quam ipse fecit: Deus tuus est, Rex tuus est:* Rex tuus et ipse est Sponsus tuus, allelúia.
℣. Regi nubis Deo, ab illo dotáta, ab illo decoráta, ab illo redémpta, ab illo sancta.* Rex tuus.
Responsory
℟. The king has desired that beauty of yours which he himself has made; he is your God, he is your king:* your king is himself your husband, alleluia.
℣. You are wedded to your king and your God, who has endowed and adorned you, redeemed you and made you holy.* Your king is himself your husband, alleluia.
Lectio altera
E Diálogo sanctæ Catharínæ Senénsis vírginis de divína Providéntia (Cap. 167, Gratiarum actio ad Trinitatem: ed. lat., Ingolstadii, 1583, f. 290v-291)

Gustavi et vidi

O Déitas ætérna, o ætérna Trínitas, quæ per uniónem divínæ natúræ fecísti tantum valére prétium sánguinis unigéniti Fílii tui! Tu, Trínitas ætérna, es quoddam mare profúndum, in quo quanto plus quæro, plus invénio; et quanto plus invénio, plus quæro te. Tu quodámmodo insatiabíliter ánimam sátias; quóniam in abýsso tua ita sátias ánimam, quod semper remáneat esúriens atque famélica, te, Trínitas ætérna, peróptans desideránsque te vidére lumen in lúmine tuo.
  Gustávi et vidi cum lúmine intelléctus, in lúmine tuo abýssum tuam, ætérna Trínitas, atque pulchritúdinem creatúræ tuæ: propter quod intuéndo meípsam in te, vidi me fore tuam imáginem: donánte vidélicet mihi te, Pater ætérne, de poténtia tua et de sapiéntia tua, quæ sapiéntia Unigénito tuo est appropriáta. Spíritus vero Sanctus, qui procédit a te Patre et a Fílio tuo, dedit mihi voluntátem, per quam me facit aptam ad amándum.
  Nam tu, Trínitas ætérna, factor es, et ego factúra: unde cognóvi, te illuminánte, in recreatióne quam de me fecísti per sánguinem unigéniti Fílii tui, quod amóre captus es de pulchritúdine factúræ tuæ.
  O abýssus, o Trínitas ætérna, o Déitas, o mare profúndum: et quid maius mihi dare póteras quam teípsum? Tu es ignis qui semper ardes et non consúmeris; tu es qui consúmis calóre tuo quemcúmque próprium amórem ánimæ. Tu es íterum ignis qui tollis omnem frigiditátem, et illúminas mentes lúmine tuo, quo lúmine fecísti me cognóscere veritátem tuam.
  In huius lúminis spéculo cognósco te summum bonum, bonum super omne bonum, bonum felix, bonum incomprehensíbile, bonum inæstimábile: pulchritúdinem super omnem pulchritúdinem, sapiéntiam super omnem sapiéntiam: quia tu es ipsa sapiéntia, tu cibus angelórum, qui igne caritátis te dedísti homínibus.
  Tu vestiméntum coopériens nuditátem meam, pascis nos famélicos tua dulcédine, quia dulcis es absque ulla amaritúdine. O Trínitas ætérna!
Second Reading
From the dialogue On Divine Providence by Saint Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor

I tasted and I saw

Eternal God, eternal Trinity, you have made the blood of Christ so precious through his sharing in your divine nature. You are a mystery as deep as the sea; the more I search, the more I find, and the more I find the more I search for you. But I can never be satisfied; what I receive will ever leave me desiring more. When you fill my soul I have an even greater hunger, and I grow more famished for your light. I desire above all to see you, the true light, as you really are.
  I have tasted and seen the depth of your mystery and the beauty of your creation with the light of my understanding. I have clothed myself with your likeness and have seen what I shall be. Eternal Father, you have given me a share in your power and the wisdom that Christ claims as his own, and your Holy Spirit has given me the desire to love you. You are my Creator, eternal Trinity, and I am your creature. You have made of me a new creation in the blood of your Son, and I know that you are moved with love at the beauty of your creation, for you have enlightened me.
  Eternal Trinity, Godhead, mystery deep as the sea, you could give me no greater gift than the gift of yourself. For you are a fire ever burning and never consumed, which itself consumes all the selfish love that fills my being. Yes, you are a fire that takes away the coldness, illuminates the mind with its light and causes me to know your truth. By this light, reflected as it were in a mirror, I recognise that you are the highest good, one we can neither comprehend nor fathom. And I know that you are beauty and wisdom itself. The food of angels, you gave yourself to man in the fire of your love.
  You are the garment which covers our nakedness, and in our hunger you are a satisfying food, for you are sweetness and in you there is no taste of bitterness, O triune God!
Responsorium
℟. Aperi mihi, soror mea, regni mei cohéres effécta; amíca mea, quæ cognovísti meæ veritátis arcána;* Spíritus mei dono ditáta, effusióne sánguinis mei ab omni labe purgáta, allelúia.
℣. Egrédere de quiéte contemplatiónis, et ad testimónium meæ veritátis te constánter impénde.* Spíritus.
Responsory
℟. Now that you are endowed with the gift of my Spirit, cleansed from all stain by the outpouring of my blood,* leave the quiet of contemplation and resolutely take up the work of witnessing to my truth, alleluia.
℣. Open your heart to me, my sister, co-heir with me of my kingdom; my beloved, who have understood Truth’s hidden mysteries;* leave the quiet of contemplation and resolutely take up the work of witnessing to my truth, alleluia.
Canticum
Te Deum laudámus:* te Dóminum confitémur.
Te ætérnum Patrem,* omnis terra venerátur.
Tibi omnes ángeli,*
  tibi cæli et univérsæ potestátes:
tibi chérubim et séraphim*
  incessábili voce proclámant:
Sanctus,* Sanctus,* Sanctus*
  Dóminus Deus Sábaoth.
Pleni sunt cæli et terra* maiestátis glóriæ tuæ.
Te gloriósus* Apostolórum chorus,
te prophetárum* laudábilis númerus,
te mártyrum candidátus* laudat exércitus.
Te per orbem terrárum*
  sancta confitétur Ecclésia,
Patrem* imménsæ maiestátis;
venerándum tuum verum* et únicum Fílium;
Sanctum quoque* Paráclitum Spíritum.
Tu rex glóriæ,* Christe.
Tu Patris* sempitérnus es Fílius.
Tu, ad liberándum susceptúrus hóminem,*
  non horruísti Vírginis úterum.
Tu, devícto mortis acúleo,*
  aperuísti credéntibus regna cælórum.
Tu ad déxteram Dei sedes,* in glória Patris.
Iudex créderis* esse ventúrus.
Te ergo quæsumus, tuis fámulis súbveni,*
  quos pretióso sánguine redemísti.
Ætérna fac cum sanctis tuis* in glória numerári.
Haec ultima pars hymni ad libitum omitti potest:
Salvum fac pópulum tuum, Dómine,*
  et bénedic hereditáti tuæ.
Et rege eos,* et extólle illos usque in ætérnum.
Per síngulos dies* benedícimus te;
et laudámus nomen tuum in sæculum,*
  et in sæculum sæculi.
Dignáre, Dómine, die isto*
  sine peccáto nos custodíre.
Miserére nostri, Dómine,* miserére nostri.
Fiat misericórdia tua, Dómine, super nos,*
  quemádmodum sperávimus in te.
In te, Dómine, sperávi:*
  non confúndar in ætérnum.
CanticleTe Deum
God, we praise you; Lord, we proclaim you!
You, the Father, the eternal –
all the earth venerates you.
All the angels, all the heavens, every power –
The cherubim, the seraphim –
unceasingly, they cry:
“Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts:
heaven and earth are full of the majesty of your glory!”
The glorious choir of Apostles –
The noble ranks of prophets –
The shining army of martyrs –
all praise you.
Throughout the world your holy Church proclaims you.
– Father of immeasurable majesty,
– True Son, only-begotten, worthy of worship,
– Holy Spirit, our Advocate.
You, Christ:
– You are the king of glory.
– You are the Father’s eternal Son.
– You, to free mankind, did not disdain a Virgin’s womb.
– You defeated the sharp spear of Death, and opened the kingdom of heaven to those who believe in you.
– You sit at God’s right hand, in the glory of the Father.
– You will come, so we believe, as our Judge.
And so we ask of you: give help to your servants, whom you set free at the price of your precious blood.
Number them among your chosen ones in eternal glory.
The final part of the hymn may be omitted:
Bring your people to safety, Lord, and bless those who are your inheritance.
Rule them and lift them high for ever.
Day by day we bless you, Lord: we praise you for ever and for ever.
Of your goodness, Lord, keep us without sin for today.
Have mercy on us, Lord, have mercy on us.
Let your pity, Lord, be upon us, as much as we trust in you.
In you, Lord, I trust: let me never be put to shame.
Oremus.
  Deus, qui beátam Catharínam, in contemplatióne domínicæ passiónis et in Ecclésiæ tuæ servítio, divíno amóre flagráre fecísti, ipsíus intercessióne concéde, ut pópulus tuus, Christi mystério sociátus, in eius glóriæ revelatióne semper exsúltet.
Per Dóminum nostrum Iesum Christum, Fílium tuum,
qui tecum vivit et regnat in unitáte Spíritus Sancti, Deus,
per ómnia sǽcula sæculórum.
Amen.
Let us pray.
Almighty God, you made Saint Catherine of Siena
  a contemplative lover of the Lord’s sufferings
  and an ardent servant of your church.
Grant through her prayer
  that your people may be united to Christ in his mystery,
  and rejoice for ever in the revelation of his glory.
Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Benedicámus Dómino.
– Deo grátias.
Let us praise the Lord.
– Thanks be to God.

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